The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-16
PUBLIC OPINION.
MRS. CLEVELAND IN THE SUPREME COURT.
". Y. Herald.

MRS. CLEVELAND IN THE SUPREME COURT.
N. Y. Herald.
There was temporary lull in the dull
proceedings of the Supreme Court to-
day when the rustic of feminine gar
ments was followed by the entrance
through the marshars private door Of a
beautiful young lady. 1t was Mrs.
Cleveland. She was tastefully dressed
in a maroon colored tailor-made suit. A
handsome black boa which encircled her
neck added to the attractiveness of her
costume. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Folsom and another lady. Most Of those
present knew Mrs. Cleveland by sight,
and those who did not were speedily re-
lieved of their ignorance. Mrs. Cleve-
land remained in the courtroom about
thirty minutes. Although the learned
counsel in the telephone suit continued
his argument, apparently obliviOus OF
Mrs. Cleveland's presence, it was Obvi-
Gus that his words fell upon deaf ears.
Almost every eye in the chamber was
fixed upon her. The grave and dignified
Ju stices cast furtive glances in her direc-
tion, and blushed like schoOlbOys when
Mrs. Cleveland, in her survey of the
surroundings, chanced to discover it.
When she arose to go every face was
turned to follow her. As the door closed
on her retreatipg form, the 300 and more
male spectators sighed as one man. Mrs.
Cleveland's beauty had made converts of
them all.
CULLOM HAS THE BEE.
Special Disp itch to the star.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The following
laragI aph from the eulogy on the char
acter of General Logan. delivered by
Senator Cullom on Wednesday. is at
tracing attention here:
Wealth could not tempt him to soil his
spotless name. He never used the OPP
portunities of his official position as a
pleans of obtaining gold. He died AS he
lived, a poor man. In the last national
campaign, when he bore so vaiiantly the
colors Of his party, there was no ghost
of dishOnOr in his past to rise up and cry
..shame.' May his children rejoice and
be glad" in the example OF a father Of
whom a whole nation could rise up and
saw, "There was an honest man."
Senator Cullom is one of the most ac
tive of the Republican leaders seeking
to force the next nomination of his party
for the Presidency West. He is friend
of Sherman, but has a lightning rod up
himself. Mr.. Cullom, who ia raw-boncd
and ungainly. has been told that he re-
sembles Mr.. Lincoln, and the suggps-
tion, coupled with the thought which he
slyly entertains that in mis- career may
be repeated the fortunes of that great
man, gives him much comfort.
CLEvELAND's COOL COURAGE.
Philadelphia Record.
President Cleveland's careless courage
and cool disregard of all opinion save his
own, Joined to an apparently instructive
love of justice and fair play, have proved
their value in the Executive chair by an
action most gratifying to every honest
man and patriotic veteran. and entirely
disgusting to the claim agents who have
for years fattened upon golden drippings
from the pension office. The measure
known as the Dependent Pensions bill
goes down before the cutting sentences
of President Cleveland's veto like ripe
grain before the scythe.
MIXED WESTERN METAPHOR.
San Francisco Alta.
Governor Bate, the new Senator from
Tennessee, is a very atle man and poor.
Down i'm that country there is some re-
spect for barefoOted brains, even with a
patch on the seat Of their pants.
Boston Herald 0ndJ
The Springfield Republican asks " Is
the South keeping faith ?"-meaning
faith with the colored men. We are
gratified to believe she is doing much to
this end. There are not tenth part of
the actual complaints and disturbances
there that ex ist in the North to- day. But
that the people of the South are perfect
in their treatment of the colored men in
all sections is not probable. They have
had a difficult problem in adjusting their
relations with them, and no small
amount of prejudice probably still exists
there. But the statistics published and
the general reports from that section are
all, on the whole, encouraging. There
has been but one Southern outrage"
alleged IN this Congress-, and there is
ample time to explain this.
NY. Tribune.
If Congress could find some way TO
suppress the claim agents at Washing
ton it would do the country a great ser
vice. Mr.. Springer related to the House
on Saturday, an instance where an
agent deducted $500 as his fee from a
81. 600 claim allowed by Congress. The
enormous increase in the number of pri
vate bills is principally due to the activ.
ity of this class of attorneys. III al
such warrants were delivered direct t.
the claimants in person or through the
mails. it would prevent many cases oI
extortion.
Memphis Avalanche.
The cotton growers could establish .
general agency for the sale of their pro.
duce. thus baking the policy Of the
Trust, that takes them down, disunitec
as they are. one by one. a foreign de
mand for the seed could be also aroused
So that il could be exported IA cotton il
exported. The case Of the cotton grow
ers is neither helpless nor beyond help
if they will only organize and oppos
such acts as those of the Trust by tn
firm opposition OF a compact army, in
stead Of the imbecile efforts of flock o
scattered sheep.
Valuable Experience OF Newspape
Man.
Mr.. Chas. I'll, Pratt, Business Manage
of our contemporary, the Palatka Herald
adds the following valuable testimony
PALArKA, January 20, 1881.